Weather-vane.



A. R. BIEBER.

WEATHER VANE, APPLICATION FlLED JULY 6.19m.

1 ,265,420. Patented May 7,1918.

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A. R. BIEBER.

WEATHER VANE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6.1916.

1 ,265,420. Patented May 7, 1918.

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ALEXANDER R. BIEBER, or SWISS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT I.

BIEBER, F SWISS, MIssoUnI.

WEATHER-VANE.

Application filed July 6, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ll. Binnun, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swiss, in the county of Gasconade, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in eather-Varies; and I do hereby declare the following to a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperlains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to improveim-nts in weather vanes and ancmometers.

One object of the invention is to provide a weather vane which not only will indicate the direction of the wind, but which will also indicate the speed of the Wind.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is adapted to be placed on the roof of a house or other building, and so constructed and arranged that the speed and direction within the building.

A further object is to which the speed of the wind will not only be indicated but the maximum speed will be registere on a dial, which will remain in such position after the indicator has provide a device in taken in connection with drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of my device as applied to a building, the front of the casing being removed.

ig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the registering device.

ig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view girough the said casing, on the line 4-4 of ig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the intermediate ind inner dials.

ig. 6 is a view vane. Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the wall and 1] the roof of a house with which my invention ls associated. Disposed vertically on the Wall of the house, and secured thereto by uitable brackets 12, is a pipe casing 18, on e upper end of which, and disposed above of a modified form of the Specification of Letters Patent.

indicator can be seenlatentcd May '7, 1918. Serial No. 107,831.

the roof of the house, is mounted a rotatable casing 14. Rotatably mounted in the frame is a horizontal shaft 15, on one end of which is mounted a wind wheel 16. On the other end of the frame is mounted a vane or tail 17. Mounted on the wall of the house is a box or housing 18, into the upper end of which is secured the lower end of the pipe casing 13. This casing is rotatable, and carries on its lower end, within the housing, a horizontal pinion 1.), which meshes with a pinion carried on one end of the horizontally disposed shaft 21, mounted in the easing, The lower end of the casing 13, and a portion of the shaft 21 are supported by a frame 22 so that the pinions Will be held in engagement. The shaft 21 extends through the wall of the house,

traverse a dial 24, mounted on the Wall within the house. This dial is marked with the points of the compass. Rotatably mounted on the shaft 21, an also projecting through the wall is a hollow shaft or sleeve 25 on which is rigidly secured and rotatable therewith. a dial 26. This dial has on its face numbers representing miles per hour which formed in the upper portion of the dial 24. ()n the periphery of the dial 26 is formed a projection 28 adapted to engage with a projection 29 on a dial 30 mounted on a sleeve 31 in the wall of the house, said sleeve ng for the sleeve25. Se cured to and arranged to be Wound on the shaft 15 is'a cord 32, which extends downwardly through the pipe casing 13, into the housing 18, where it is given a couple of turns around the sleeve 25, and then has its other end secured to one end of a coil spring 33 secured to the bottom of the housing. Within the casing 14 the cord is provided with a swivel coupling 14 which prevents twisting of the cord and is arranged to enthe pipe 13 to limit the downward movement of the cord under the influence of the spring 33. A water-tight, coupling 32 is provided Where the pipe casing 13 enters the housing.

When the wind is directed against the Weather vane. it will be swung around so as to impart motion to the gears 19 and 20. and to the shaft 21. thus moving the hand around the dial 24 to indicate the direction from which the wind is blowing. At the same time the wind will strike the blades of the Wind wheel and rotate the same together with its shaft. This will wind the cord 32 on the shaft, and exert an upward pull 9 on the portion around 'the sleeve 25, and cause a rotation of said sleeve, against the tension of the spring 33. This will rotate the dial 26, its numbers being readily seen through the opening 27. When the force of or the wind against the wheel 16 reaches any predetermined point the spring 33 willhave been stretched to its corresponding predetermined tension. Thus there will be a balance between the wind pressure and the spring tension which will hold the sleeve 25 stationary. The maximum force of the wind at that time can be readily ascertained by an inspection of the dial 30. The proiection on the dial 26 will engage the pro ection 29 of the dial 30 and move the same around with it, but by reason of the fact that this dial 30 only moves when driven by the dial 26, it will remain in such position even after the dial 26 has moved backwardly away from it. e The dial 526 is smaller than the dial so that the numbers on the faces of both dials can be seen, one above the other through the opening 27. Secured to the back of the dial 30 is a hub 30 portion34, and eng ed over this hub portion is a cord whic extends downwardly around a pulley 36 within convenient reach for the lurpose of resetting the dial 30.

Thus t ere is provided a device which will 35 accurately indicate the direction and speed of wind, and which will at the same time show the maximum speed of the wind, even after the wind has ceased.

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of vane 40 which includes a conical body 17 secured to one end of the shaft 15. ()n this body is arranged a hclicoidal rib 37, secured to the body by one of its edges. With this form, the wind wheel 16 and tail 17 are done away with, the shaft being rotated by the vane, which is turned by the engagemcnt of the wind against the rib.

What is claimed is:

1. An anemometer comprising a wind wheel, a stationary dial having an opening, a vane, an indicating hand for traversing the dial, driving connections between the vane and the hand, a movable dial, visible through the opening of the stationary dial, driving connections between the wheel and the movable dial, and a third dial visible through the opening of the stationary dial and driven by the first movable dial.

2. An anemometer comprising a vane and a wind wheel, a shaft, driving connections between the shaft and the vane, a shaft carried concentrically on the first shaft, driving connections between the concentric shaft and the wind wheel, a stationary dial having an opening therethrough, a hand carried by the first shaft for traversing the dial, a dial carried by the second shaft and visible through said 0 ening, a lug on the second dial, and an id y mounted dial also visible through the said opening, and 9. lug on said idly mounted dial for engagement lay the first lug to advance said idly mounted In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER R. BIEBER.

Witnesses Eow. HAMMEIJMAN, MIKE BIEBER. 

